US5322643A
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Ultra mild toilet bar and other personal cleansers
Assignee: Procter and Gamble Co
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Filing: 1991-11-26
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Granted: 1994-06-21
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Expires: 2011-11-26
Abstract
Abstract This invention comprises a personal cleansing product based on an ultra mild, good foaming, alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonate and at least one other personal cleansing product component.
Inventors
- 👤 James R. Schwartz
- 👤 William A. Cassidy
- 👤 Theresa A. Gehring
- 👤 Richard D. Farris
- 👤 Neal K. Hutchinson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 05:06
CPC Classifications
C; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/0005; C11D3/0094; A; A61; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/30; A61K8/46; A61K8/466; A61Q; A61Q19/00; A61Q19/10; A61Q5/00; A61Q5/02; C11D1/00; C11D1/02; C11D1/12; C11D1/16; C11D17/00; C11D17/0008; C11D17/003; C11D17/0047; C11D17/006
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
174 words
A personal cleansing product comprising: (1) from about 1% to about 80% by weight of said product of a surfactant system comprising an ultra mild, good foaming alkyl glycery ether sulfonate (AGS) surfactant having a hydrophobic group which contains a linear alkyl chain of about 8 carbon atoms and wherein said ultra mild alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonate surfactant has no more than about 35% of linear alkyl chains of 10 to 18 carbon atoms; and wherein said ultra mild AGS surfactant has a Relative Skin Destruction Value of from about 0.1 to about 0.9; and (2) at least one other personal cleansing product component selected from the group consisting of moisturizers, colorants, solvents, fillers, other surfactants, polymeric skin feel and mildness aids, perfumes, and preservatives; and (3) a foam enhancer which increases or stabilizes the foam of said (1); and wherein said foam enhancer is present from about 5% to about 35% by weight of the surfactant system; and wherein said cleansing product form is selected from solid bars, liquids, gels, paste, and creams.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
174 words
A personal cleansing product comprising: (1) from about 1% to about 80% by weight of said product of a surfactant system comprising an ultra mild, good foaming alkyl glycery ether sulfonate (AGS) surfactant having a hydrophobic group which contains a linear alkyl chain of about 8 carbon atoms and wherein said ultra mild alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonate surfactant has no more than about 35% of linear alkyl chains of 10 to 18 carbon atoms; and wherein said ultra mild AGS surfactant has a Relative Skin Destruction Value of from about 0.1 to about 0.9; and (2) at least one other personal cleansing product component selected from the group consisting of moisturizers, colorants, solvents, fillers, other surfactants, polymeric skin feel and mildness aids, perfumes, and preservatives; and (3) a foam enhancer which increases or stabilizes the foam of said (1); and wherein said foam enhancer is present from about 5% to about 35% by weight of the surfactant system; and wherein said cleansing product form is selected from solid bars, liquids, gels, paste, and creams.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
69 words
The cleansing product of claim 1 wherein said product is an ultra mild toilet bar containing from about 10% to about 80% of said ultra mild C 8 alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonate surfactant; from about 0% to about 45% moisturizer; from about 0% to about 50% fillers; from 0% to about 8% polymeric skin feel aid; and from about 5% to about 25% soap, by weight of the bar.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
53 words
The cleansing product of claim 2 wherein said toilet bar contains from about 20% to about 70% said ultra mild C 8 alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonate surfactant; from about 10% to about 40% moisturizer; from about 0.2% to about 5% said polymeric skin feel aid; and from about 5% to about 20% soap.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
The cleansing product of claim 1 wherein said product is a liquid and wherein said liquid comprises from about 1% to about 25% of said ultra mild alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonate surfactant and water.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The cleansing product of claim 4 wherein said liquid comprises from about 3% to about 20% said ultra mild alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonate surfactant.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
The cleansing product of claim 4 wherein said liquid comprises a foam enhancer at a level of from about 5% to about 25%.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
The cleansing product of claim 4 wherein said product is a liquid comprising from about 1% to about 20% of said C 8 alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonate; a perfume; and at least 50% water.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
45 words
The cleansing product of claim 1 wherein at least about 80% of said alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonate surfactant has hydrophobic alkyl chains of about 8 carbon atoms per hydrophobic alkyl chain; and wherein said Relative Skin Barrier Destruction Value is about 0.1 to about 0.5.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
The cleansing product of claim 1 wherein said ultra mild alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonate surfactant has from about 75% to about 90% C 8 alkyl chains.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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